6 FOREST LAWS OF CALIFORNIA. 



shall pay the cost of maintaining its district fire- 

 wardens.* 



SEC. 7. Duties of assistant foresters. The duties 

 of the assistant foresters shall be to devote their entire 

 time to State forest interests according to rules and 

 directions to be determined by the State Forester, with 

 the approval of the State Board of Forestry. They 

 shall take prompt measures to prevent and extinguish 

 forest fires; keep a record of the cause, extent and 

 damage of all forest fires in their respective districts, 

 and perform such other duties as the State Forester 

 may direct. 



SEC. 8. Voluntary firewardens and their duties. 

 The State Forester shall appoint, in such number and 

 localities as he deems wise, public-spirited citizens to 

 act as voluntary firewardens, who may receive payment 

 for their services from the counties or from private 

 sources. They shall promptly report all fires and take 

 immediate and active steps toward their extinguishment, 

 report any violation of the forest laws, assist in appre- 

 hending and convicting offenders, and perform such 

 other duties as the State Forester may direct. The 

 supervisors and rangers on the Federal forest reserves 

 within the State, whenever they formally accept the 

 duties and responsibilities of firewardens, may be 

 appointed as voluntary firewardens, and shall have all 

 the powers given to firewardens by this act. 



SEC. 9. Powers and requirements of firewardens. 

 The State Forester and all firewardens shall have the 

 powers of peace officers to make arrests without war- 

 rant, for violations of any State or Federal forest laws, 

 and no firewarden shall be liable to civil action for 

 trespass committed in the discharge of his duties. Any 

 firewarden who has information which would show 

 with reasonable certainty, that any person had violated 

 any provision of such forest laws, shall immediately 

 take action against the offender, either by using his own 



*The original bill as presented to the legislature provided for 

 ten district firewardens to be paid by the State. This provision 

 was not enacted into law and in consequence section 6 has no 

 meaning. 



